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Adora Cruises on Sunday welcomed the one-millionth passenger aboard Adora Magic City, China's first domestically built large cruise ship, as the vessel departed from Shanghai with more than 4,000 passengers on a five-day, four-night cruise to Jeju and Busan in the Republic of Korea.
Skiers gliding through ancient forests by morning and soaking in steaming geothermal pools by night have become the new winter standard in Guizhou province.
In Lingchuan county, at the southern end of the Taihang Mountains in Shanxi province, children glide across snowy slopes under the guidance of an Austrian Olympic skiing champion — a scene that reflects how China's ice and snow tourism is expanding beyond its traditional strongholds in Northeast China and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The iconic "tea-green and cherry-red" landscape of Yongfu town in Zhangping, East China's Fujian province, reached its peak aesthetic over the weekend as the annual cherry blossom cultural tourism festival officially commenced.
China is increasingly recognized not only as a rising economic power, but also as a partner capable of delivering tangible benefits and contributing to a stable future for the world, according to global surveys and experts.
Labubu, the phenomenally popular creation of Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung that helped put Chinese pop culture giant Pop Mart on the world map, made its sharp-toothed, pointy-eared Yuyuan Lantern Festival debut in Shanghai on Feb 1.
As 2026 began, a curious expression became a widely shared internet catchphrase in China — aini laoji, literally, "love you, my old self," or more accurately, "love you, my dear self".
Chinese New Year celebrations have been unfolding across multiple European cities, drawing local residents into a festive atmosphere of performances, cuisine and cultural exchange.
Thailand is gearing up to celebrate Chinese New Year with a variety of cultural festivities planned nationwide to mark the Year of the Horse and the 51st anniversary of Thailand-China diplomatic ties, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, or TAT, announced.
British scientists said Thursday that a world-first AI tool to catalogue and track icebergs as they break apart into smaller chunks could fill a "major blind spot" in predicting climate change.
Draco Malfoy has unexpectedly become a Chinese New Year icon in China, as Chinese people are embracing the character's name for its auspicious meaning in the Year of the Horse.
London's Grade I listed Sinfonia Smith Square concert hall will host "The Golden Horse Soars" 2026 Heritage in Harmony Chinese New Year Concert on Feb 14, with a global livestream.
The Nasdaq screen at Times Square, New York, broadcasts a special video produced by Shanghai International Services on Feb 2, showcasing dynamic street scenes, everyday life, and travel resources in Shanghai.
An international sculpture exhibition to mark the Year of the Horse is currently underway at Inzone Harmony, a popular mall in Beijing's Fengtai district. Curated by renowned Chinese sculptor Sun Longben, the showcase features a diverse collection of horse-themed works by both Chinese and Russian artists.
On Thursday, the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shone bright with lights and applause as the Central Conservatory of Music's Chinese orchestra, led by conductor Liu Sha, performed a special Chinese New Year traditional music concert.
A British martial arts enthusiast demonstrates Chinese kung fu at the square in front of the Bell and Drum Towers in Beijing on Monday.Sipping ginger tea and trying acupuncture are also among those praised, as well as the proclamation, "You met me at a very Chinese time of my life".
The "50,000 in Five Years" initiative was proposed by Xi in November 2023, aiming to bring 50,000 young Americans to China for exchange and study programs over a five-year period.
Earlier this year, Xin Minghua, a devoted fan of the Ne Zhaanimated films, journeyed all the way from East China's Shanghai to the country's southwestern Sichuan province, just to visit Nezha Palace, a site dedicated to the legendary mythological figure.
The first Pudong Chinese New Year Cultural Festival was launched along the Lujiazui riverside in Shanghai on Saturday.
As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits China this week with a delegation of ministers and business leaders, retail and tourism stakeholders in the United Kingdom are looking to renewed high-level engagement to drive travel and cultural exchanges.
Baihaba village sits on China's northwesternmost edge, where it occupies overlapping realms of identity, Erik Nilsson reports in Altay, Xinjiang.
Music and travel have brought people together and strengthened connections across cultures and through friendship for more than five decades.
We are working with relevant departments to manage the travel rush safely and efficiently for millions of travelers."At the same time, we are improving transfer options so travelers from smaller cities can reach their destinations more easily," Xu said.
China's national immigration authorities significantly enhanced their service efficiency in 2025, processing a record 697 million border crossings, a 14.2 percent increase from the previous year.
Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, the last remaining giant pandas on loan to Japan, returned to China early Wednesday, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda said, marking the suspension of the country's long-running panda conservation exchange with Japan.
In the West, history is framed as the Western powers having always been dominant. The West perceives itself as having "discovered" a world, but never, of course, viewing itself as lost.
Guangdong province has set up dozens of traditional artificial reef-type marine ranches as part of efforts to protect fishery resources over the past five years, according to an official of local agricultural and rural affairs authorities.
But the real ingenuity lies in the tripod's lid, which was designed with a simple flip-and-twist lock with animal-shaped latches to create a remarkably tight seal.This design allowed steam to be trapped so food could be cooked faster in high pressure, a principle that is still adopted in modern devices.
Universal Music Group launches Def Jam Recordings China on Tuesday in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, under its Universal Music Greater China division.On Tuesday, Universal Music Group launched a localized edition of Def Jam Recordings in Sichuan province under its Universal Music Greater China division.
Qiong Opera is one of the regional operatic styles of Chinese opera and has deep cultural roots that reflect the unique history and traditions of south China's Hainan Province, which is referred to as Qiong in abbreviation. One of the unique features of Qiong Opera is its Hainan dialect, which gives the opera a distinct linguistic flavor. It was listed as a form of national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
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